Nantes

The Outdoors

Bateaux Nantais. You can take a 100-minute cruise along the pretty Erdre River, past a string of gardens and châteaux, on the Bateaux Nantais. There are also four-course lunch and dinner cruises that last about 2½ hours (€56-€89). Quai de la Motte Rouge, Nantes, 44000. 02-40-14-51-14. www.bateaux-nantais.fr. €12. June-Aug., daily at 3:30 and 5:30; May and Sept., daily at 3:30; Mar., Apr., Oct., and Nov., Sun. at 3:30.